fireboard
fireboard · fireboards
A board or screen placed over a fireplace when it is not in useA board or screen placed over a fireplace when it is not in use.
Meaning
3 sensesA board or screen placed over a fireplace when it is not in use.
1915, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Emancipation A stovepipe had been fitted into an iron fireboard covering the great fireplace
(Appalachia)A fireplace's mantel.
A piece of wood into which a fire drill is spun to create friction.
Origin
From fire + board.From fire + board.
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Forms
plural: fireboards| Singular | fireboard |
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